A Malaska Golf Member wants to know about The Loop Drill and its purpose.
When you watch Tour Players on their backswing, by the time the club gets waist high and parallel to the ground, the clubhead is even with or to the golf ball side of their hands. No one has the club pointed back behind their body. The club must come up over the top on the downswing if you do this. Some players like Craig Stadler and Sam Snead swung their club like that; however, they were able to get the clubhead back on track on the downswing.
As the clubhead goes back, the club is constantly moving away from the ball. Their shoulders and hips are back when they change directions, and the club starts to shallow or loop on the downswing. This allows them to come in at the right angle of approach to the ball. The clubhead is completing more of a circle than their arms. The clubhead is making a good-sized loop.
Mike demonstrates this loop with a wedge, a fairway wood, and a driver. If you get the loop action going, your club automatically shallows the club.
This Malaska Golf Member question is about the Line of Compression and Impact.
Mike explains that 90 percent of his teaching focuses on this concept and how Impact is the only position that counts.
Regardless of the club, you want to maximize the amount of force that gets into the shaft and the...
A Malaska Golf Member wants to understand the clubface staying at a 90-degree angle to the spine angle or sternum.
Mike elaborates on this question. He sets his club on the ground and then lifts it waist-high so the clubface is in line with his sternum. Then Mike sets up and swings his club a qu...
This Malaska Golf Member wants to know what you do on the backswing after hinging your wrists.
Mike Malaska says you must be careful to avoid getting too segmented in your swing; instead, think of it as a blend of motions.
Swing the club slightly forward, then start the club back and toss the m...
